Virulence meets metabolism: Cra and KdpE gene regulation in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli

mBio

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Njoroge, Jacqueline W ^a   Nguyen, Y ^a   Curtis, Meredith M ^a   Moreira, Cristiano G ^a   Sperandio, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; FRUR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; GLUCOSE; KDPE PROTEIN, E COLI; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLYSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84868355193     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00280-12     Document Type: Article

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